confection

 
Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛkʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1an elaborate sweet dish or delicacy: a fruit confection
  • an elaborately constructed thing, especially a frivolous one: his elaborate pop confections
  • an elaborate article of women’s dress: Therese was magnificent in a swirling confection of crimson
  • 2 [mass noun] the action of mixing or compounding something: the confection of a syllabub

Origin:

Middle English (in the general sense 'something made by mixing', especially a medicinal preparation): via Old French from Latin confectio(n-), from conficere 'put together' (see confect)